ENDORSEMENTS

"I have worked with Sandra and Marvin for almost a decade now in Northern Ireland where meetings can be, without being too dramatic, a question of life and death. Their techniques for bringing people from vastly different perspectives together in search of a common goal make powerful tools for helping to embed the practices necessary to peace."

— Aideen McGinley, Permanent Secretary, Department for Employment and Learning, Government of Northern Ireland

"A must for leaders and facilitators of meetings where dialogue is wanted and people expect to have influence. Weisbord and Janoff take a quantum leap over all the books on meeting management by proposing easy-to-apply principles that help leaders work with differences and gain commitment. Their 'less is more' philosophy is a refreshing reversal of the trend toward pages and pages of prescriptions."

— Billie Alban and Barbara Bunker, coauthors of The Handbook of Large Group Methods

"Janoff and Weisbord taught us to have the kind of meetings we've always dreamed of! We have learned about our capacity to address the really big tasks with all our right resources. And with inspiration and respect!"

— Josephine Rydberg-Dumont, Managing Director, IKEA of Sweden

"A remarkably unique and clear method for creating conditions for dialogue that brings out the best in people. It has forever changed the way we run meetings."

— Richard Allan Aronson, MD, MPH, Maternal and Child Health Medical Director, State of Maine, Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics